716-332-3904 7/13/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Many thanks to all who joined together for extreme activism over the past two days to #CLOSETheCAMPS, share #LightsForLiberty, and #EndICEterror!!
Our best estimates put the total for 5 events on July 11-12 at 960 people. And nine yes 9 of them got arrested to make their point even pointier – we can’t have business as usual when children are being abused and neglected by the US Gov’t and its agents (read ICE and more) in our names!
Special thanks to a few individuals – the nine arrested, Jennifer Page and Juweria Dahir organizers and cohosts with us at the Bidwell Lights for Liberty, and the children who read at that vigil. Also of note, Congressman Brian Higgins has supported activism on the issue, and called out the administration on the illegal and immoral policies on immigration.
Sandra Steingraber, sustainability farmer, activist, and shero, came to Buffalo from her farm at the Finger Lakes, and was arrested (picture above – Thanks, Activists of Buffalo!!) at Buffalo protest in front of the DHS office. Sandra, who is a 59-year old biologist and author, stated,
“I’m risking arrest today because
I’m a biologist who knows that climate change causes crop failures that turn
farmers into refugees. I’m risking arrest today because my father fought Nazis
in Europe and taught me not to be a good German. I’m risking arrest today
because I’m a mother who knows that children are not criminals.”
-thanks to Whitney Arlene Crispell for the quote.
We encourage
all to contact all of our representatives – local, state, and especially
Congressional (Reps & Senators) to stress that this maltreatment of
refugees, immigrants and asylum-seekers must stop. It is contrary to the Declaration
of Human Rights, which is, under Article 6 section 2, the Supreme Law of the
Land, equal in force to the Constitution. #ClosetheCamps #Neveragainisnow!!
Feel free to call them every day! (Numbers are on our website, wnypeace.org,
under Get Involved; Organizing in WNY – Govt’l Contacts.) Top of Form
Bottom of Form
Also please come out to the regular weekly vigil Vigil for Victims of ICE
Terror – Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and
Chippewa. Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent!
#EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow
More events on the calendar and the previous weekly news. (Of note, Camp
Peaceprints starts on Monday. Please contact us if you can help bring children
swimming on Fridays, 12:30-2:30pm, 7/19 & 26. Call 716-931-3520.)
Many thanks, peace, solidarity,
and yes – Love
REGULARLY SCHEDULED EVENTS in the
One Movement, One Struggle:
Riverside-Salem UCC/DC –
Progressive program followed by potluck. Sundays, 4-7pm. Environmental Cottage,
3449 West River Road, Grand Island. All are welcome. This week, Prof Mike
Ziolkowski on US Foreign Policy.
Talking Peace with the WNY Peace Center Radio Show on 91.3FM, WBNY. Mondays, 1-3pm. Call-in show! Go to wbny.buffalostate.edu. Upcoming Jim Anderson hosting, with Jon Rainwater, Peace Action, National Exec Director, on current situation with Iran and victory in Congress, and more!
Buffalo Nekanesakt. Indigenous support group/allies. 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm; last Tuesday reading group re Kayanerenko:wa The Great Law of Peace. At Burning Books, 420 Connecticut Ave. All are welcome!!
Prisoners’ Rights Taskforce –
Wednesdays 4-5:30pm protest/vigils at the Erie County Holding Center (Delaware
& Church). All are welcome. Please bring signs.
Resist Militarism! Taskforce – regular monthly planning meeting third Weds of
the month, at Niagara Porter Library, 5-6:30pm. Will include update re Speaking
Verse to Power (Infringement Festival event July 29, 7-9pm at Burning Books),
and more.
Interfaith Peace Network, August
8 (ltd summer sched), 9:15am at 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo NY 14209 entrance
and parking round back.) Breakfast potluck, planning/publicizing, &
discussion.
Vigil for Victims of ICE Terror –
Thursdays, 5-6pm, ICE building on the corner of (@250) Delaware and Chippewa.
Bring your signs and spirit of Solidarity. We will not stay silent!
#EndICETerror #FamiliesBelongTogether #AbolishICE #CLOSETHECAMPS #NeverAgainIsNow
Youth Climate Strike – Fridays, 2-3pm in Niagara Square. All are welcome – youth and all ages – to register our concern for People and the (whole) Planet!
Environmental Justice Taskforce – Vigil to Protest the Shipments of VERY Dangerous Radioactive Liquid from Canada coming over the Peace Bridge. Fridays 2-3pm, Front Park at Vermont & Busti, Buffalo. Signs welcome and also usually available.
Stop The Violence Coalition – 1st
and 3rd Fridays of the month; 6pm, United Way Building, Delaware and Summer
Sts.
Women In Black – Nonviolence
vigil, Bidwell and Elmwood. Saturdays, Noon-1pm. Signs also available. (and you
don’t need to be a woman or dress in black)
Of note: West African Drumming Sundays, 12-2pm, Little Africa Culture Club, 356
S. Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY.
We shall overcome
#Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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716-332-3904 7/9/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
Please join us July 12th for Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to end Human Detention Camps, a few different local gatherings as part of a national effort to bring together thousands of people of conscience across the country to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees at our borders and at holding centers, particularly children. There are at least 3 local events: at 7 pm Near the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia; at 8 pm at Bidwell & Elmwood; and also at 8 pm at North Presbyterian Church (front lawn if not raining), 300 North Forest Rd, Amherst. At 9 pm, there’ll be a candlelight silent vigil as in locations around the world.
Our training with Kairos Blanket Training is now open to all members! Please sign up! Kairos Blanket Training, on July 13th, is an interactive lesson in history. The participants are guided by Indigenous Elders as well as trained facilitators who take on the roles of European explorers and settlers. The training is $30 with possible scholarships available. Contact Nate Buckley at 716 881 079. In the conclusion of the event, participants can discuss and ask questions. You can view the website here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/ . A video can also be viewed on the event here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/about/#history .
Also, Camp Peaceprints will be running in July! Camp Peaceprints in Buffalo uses the arts and educational experiences to get its participants involved in social justice and peacemaking, while still having fun. The camp will run for its 12th year from July 15 to 26. The camp is for children aged 8 to 13. We are still accepting applications for camp! Drivers are needed for Tuesdays and especially Fridays camp for the swimming field trips!
Consider endorsing the Move the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign. It is a global campaign which highlights actions that individuals and organizations can take to cut nuclear weapons budgets, end investments (by their city, university, religious institution, bank, pension fund or government) in nuclear weapons, and shift these budgets and investments to peace and sustainability. To endorse the campaign, please send your supporting quote plus a photo of
yourself to Move the Nuclear Weapons Money *. We will turn your quote into a meme for social media use.
Also, the Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan has returned without problems at the border!
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Events this week:
Interfaith Peace Network
July 11 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 pm
At the Network of Religious Communities Bldg, 1272 Delaware Ave, Buffalo (entrance & parking round back behind bldg). Come for potluck breakfast, planning, and sharing info on initiatives and events for/from the various faith communities and our larger community.
Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps
July 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Peaceful gatherings as part of a national effort to bring together thousands of people of conscience across the country to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees at our borders and at holding centers, particularly children. There are (at least) three local events: (at 7pm) Near the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY. 7-9pm.(at 8pm) At Bidwell & Elmwood, 8pm. Please bring signs and more. (at 8pm) At North Presbyterian Church (front lawn if not raining), 300 North Forest Rd, Amherst. At 9pm, there’ll be a candlelight silent vigil as in locations around the world.
No War on Iran
July 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join Buffalo Antiwar against yet another US war for oil in Iran. At Lafayette Square (on Main by train tracks/recruiting station(s)). Buffalo Antiwar is a coalition of activist representatives from Workers World/Buffalo IAC, Erie County Green Party, BB of USFSP, Buffalo DSA, Veterans for Peace and the WNY Peace Center.
Blanket Training
July 13 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Now open to all members. An interactive history lesson with trained facilitators and Indigenous Elders, using blankets to represent the land of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. If you are interested in having such a training for your group, please let us know! 716-332-3904
Camp Peaceprints
July 15 @ 10:00 am – July 19 @ 3:00 pm
CAMP PEACEPRINTS is a summer camp designed to introduce youth to social justice, while providing them with peaceful conflict resolution skills and exposure to a broader community. It is a two-week long alternative education program for participants ages 8 – 13, with older youth serving as Youth Assistants, running Monday through Friday, 10am – 3pm.
We shall overcome
#Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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716-332-3904 7/2/19 wnypeace.org
Dear Friends,
All members, board members, task forces, interns and staff, please sign up today for the Blanket Training! Kairos Blanket Training, on July 13th, is an interactive lesson in history. According to the website, participants walk on blankets during the exercise, which represents the land, and step into the roles of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. Participants walk through situations that go from pre-contact through colonization and resistance. The participants are guided by Indigenous Elders as well as trained facilitators who take on the roles of European explorers and settlers. The training is $30, however scholarships are available. In the conclusion of the event, participants can discuss and ask questions. You can view the website here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/ . A video can also be viewed on the event here: https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/about/#history .
Also, Camp Peaceprints will be running in July! Camp Peaceprints in Buffalo uses the arts and educational experiences to get its participants involved in social justice and peacemaking, while still having fun. The camp will run for its 12th year from July 15 to 26. The camp is for children aged 8 to 13. We are still accepting applications for camp! Drivers are needed for Tuesdays at camp for the swimming field trips!
Please attend the monthly Poor People’s campaign meeting on July 8th at Raqs Solidarity at 6 pm. Join the campaign to confront the four evils of poverty, racism, militarism and ecological devastation, as well as the distorted moral narrative of this country. Local meetings are the second Mondays of the month.
Join Buffalo DSA and Burning Books for month two of an EcoSocialism mini-series with Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 sci-fi action classic Snowpiercer on Saturday, July 6th, before wrapping up on August 10th with Princess Mononoke–all movies start at 7 PM. In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe able to plow through snow and ice, the train’s poorest residents, who live in the squalid caboose, plan to improve their lot. No charge for the screenings but feel free to bring snacks to share.
Roll Red Roll will be shown on July 11th. It is a true-crime thriller and impact campaign that goes behind the headlines of the notorious Steubenville, Ohio rape case to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled “boys will be boys” culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America. The film unflinchingly asks, why didn’t anyone stop it? The impact campaign engages communities around the nation to answer this question for themselves, creating opportunities, tools and pathways for men and boys to challenge ingrained thinking about masculinity and explore their leadership potential in the fight against gender-based violence.
No hate, no fear as we are #StillResisting. Peace, Thanks, Solidarity, and yes Love.
Events this week:
Movie Night: Snowpiercer
July 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join Buffalo DSA and Burning Books for our monthly Leftist Movie Night! We’re back for month two of an EcoSocialism mini-series with Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 sci-fi action classic Snowpiercer on Saturday, July 6th, before wrapping up on August 10th with Princess Mononoke–all movies start at 7 PM.
Community Day
July 10 @ 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Mass Ave Park (370 Massachusetts)
Join us for a community day on behalf of the Bravo District Police Dawn Kent and the CPO Team Mojica and Pitts at Mass Avenue Park! Please brings tables and chairs!
Film: Red Roll Red
July 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Burning Books on Connecticut St.
Roll Red Roll shifts the lens and burden from the victim to the perpetrators, bystanders, witnesses, and communities to understand and address the problem. By examining harmful notions of masculinity, Roll Red Roll is shining a light on “rape culture”— a culture that allows sexual assault to be normalized and dismissed. At the heart of this film and campaign, we are opening up a national dialogue that engages men and boys including fathers, coaches, and teens, to get involved in the work to prevent violence and shift culture.
Blanket Training
July 13 @ 2 pm – 5 pm
WNY Peace Center
An interactive history lesson with trained facilitators and Indigenous Elders, using blankets to represent the land of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Discussion following the event.
Monthly Poor Person’s Campaign Meeting
July 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Raq’s Solidarity
Join the Poor People’s Campaign in confronting the four evils of poverty, racism, militarism, and ecological devastation, as well as the distorted moral narrative of this country.
We shall overcome #Unitethestruggles #Loveislove #PowerWITH-NOTPowerOver
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And remember to tune in: DEMOCRACY NOW! IS NOW BEING BROADCASTMONDAY-FRIDAY, 8AM-9AM (LIVE) ON WBNY 91.3FM. Hear it over the radio or streaming live at wbny.buffalostate.edu.
